Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.

I was asked to translate and doing DTP of some very technical manuals. Since I was assigned the job by an agency, every time I had a doubt or question I had to wait for an answer by the PM who had to forward the question to the end client. Lesson learned: try to acquire more direct clients and avoid such communication problems.

We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.